Alltel Phone

**UTVols2** · May 31st, 2010, 08:35 AM

My frickin phone has been on 1X since Friday and I can't get it to go back to 1XEV. It is draining my battery and I have to charge twice a day right now. Anybody got a clue how to get it back. I have tried restarting, taking the battery out, nothing..... I don't want to have to go up to the store because well you are lucky to get out of there in 2 hours. Any clue before I make the dreaded trip up there.

**centennialdawg** · May 31st, 2010, 08:51 AM

Try dialing star 2 2 8 and updating your roaming service. Worked for me

**sup-rbeast** · May 31st, 2010, 08:56 AM

U tried updating your towers?

**Rocky** · May 31st, 2010, 11:27 AM

mine has been doing the same thing. thanks for that number guys ill try it. never worked before but maybe this time will be the charm.

**ndn_fan** · May 31st, 2010, 11:59 AM

It's a problem with the tower, and Alltel has a trouble ticket outstanding on it but still hasn't fixed the problem. My advice: Call Alltel customer service and complain. 1-800-ALLTEL1. The more people who complain, the quicker they'll step to it. We had the same problem in late December and it took about a week to get it fixed. From what I understand, they just need to "reset" the tower, kind of like how I sometimes need to unplug my wireless router, let it rest for about 30 seconds and plug it back in.

I tried the *228 thing to no avail. Tried the same thing in December.

**UTVols2** · May 31st, 2010, 12:05 PM

I remember it happening to the phones a few months ago but figured it was something different this time because my wifes phone is fine. Just mine..... I tried the *228 and it didn't work for me either. I will be calling shortly.

**ndn_fan** · May 31st, 2010, 12:07 PM

Cool. Tell us what they say. Mine's been acting up since last Tuesday and it's about to drive me batty. If they've figured out a phone-by-phone way to fix the problem, I'll want to call them back!

**pvfan** · May 31st, 2010, 12:26 PM

This area has the worst cell phone and cable tv services in the United States.

**sup-rbeast** · May 31st, 2010, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by pvfan

This area has the worst cell phone and cable tv services in the United States.

Comcast isn't bad at all IMO..considering what you get with digital cable and high speed internet, I think it's a good value. Wish they offered it where I live.